New Website Available
The Freshwater Switchyard of the Arctic Ocean
The website is available at:
http://psc.apl.washington.edu/switchyard
Circulation in the Freshwater Switchyard of the Arctic Ocean is a
collaborative NSF-funded project designed to study the sea ice and ocean
transport of freshwater in the Arctic Ocean, between northern
Canada/Greenland and the North Pole.
Project activities include:
(1) Twin-Otter hydrographic surveys between Alert, Ellesmere Island,
Canada, and the North Pole (lead institution: University of Washington)
(2) Helicopter hydrographic surveys of the continental slope north of
Alert (lead institution: Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory)
(3) Satellite studies of sea ice thickness and transport in this area
(lead institution: Jet Propulsion Laboratory).
The five-year project is now entering its third year. The web site
includes:
(1) background material
(2) personnel
(3) graphics and data
(4) references
(5) outreach and links
Please check out The Switchyard at:
http://psc.apl.washington.edu/switchyard
Inquiries may be sent to:
Michael Steele
Applied Physics Laboratory
1013 NE 40th Street
Seattle, WA 98105 USA
E-mail: mas [at] apl.washington.edu
Phone: 206-543-6586
Funding for this project is generously provided by the National Science
Foundation, Office of Polar Programs, Arctic System Science Program.